LibertyCat posted:

I think it's a stretch to call it Torture. We're not waterboarding them, nor tearing off their fingernails, nor forcing them to go without sleep. They made the choice to try to come here knowing what would happen and are free to return to their own country at any time.

If I could teleport them instantly back to say Indonesia, I would.

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The Australian Greens have slammed the Labor and Liberal parties for teaming up to defeat a motion (below) calling on the Government to acknowledge Adnyamathanha traditional owners' opposition to a radioactive waste dump in the Flinders Ranges and refusing to remove Barndioota as a nominated site for such a facility.
"The Adnyamathanha traditional owners have long campaigned against nuclear waste being housed on culturally significant land near the beautiful Flinders Ranges. The Labor and Liberal parties have thumbed their noses at these traditional owners who want nothing more than to preserve this land they have occupied for tens of thousands of years, for future generations," Greens Senator for South Australia Robert Simms said.
"The Greens will stand with the Adnyamathanha traditional owners to get this land struck from the Government's list of proposed sites. It's time for all opponents of this nuclear waste dump to rally around their support for the traditional owners as they enter this fight for this precious, culturally significant land."
Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said the Labor and Liberal Parties joint ticket on an SA nuclear dump was especially concerning with the state government's Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission due to hand down its report on Friday.
"The Labor and Liberal Parties are happy to turn South Australia into the nation's nuclear waste dump," Senator Hanson-Young said.
"At this election, only the Greens will stand with South Australians and against dumping nuclear waste in our precious Flinders Ranges."

Media contacts
Simms - Amy Moran 0417 173 508
Hanson-Young - Noah Schultz-Byard 0427 604 760

NOTICE OF MOTION 2 May 2016
I give notice that on the next day of sitting I shall move that -
The Senate -
1. Notes that
a. On the 27th of November 2015 the Adnyamathanha Traditional Owners released a statement outlining their opposition to the nomination of Barndioota station to host a National Radioactive Waste facility; the statement details environmental conditions in the area including flooding and yarta ngurra-ngurrandha (earthquakes and tremors) the importance of ground water and many mound springs close to the proposed site
b. On the 29th of April press releases were issued from three different organisations that represent Adnyamathanha Traditional Owners detailing their opposition to the nomination of Barndioota station
c. The area is of cultural significance to Adnyamathanha
d. Yappala was declared an Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) by the Federal Government in 2014
e. There is extensive archaeological evidence of occupation in the surrounding area
f. There has been a lack of consultation with Adnyamathanha
2. Calls on the Government to:
a. Acknowledge the opposition from Adnyamathanha Traditional Owners
b. Respect previous commitments on non-imposition and the importance of community consent and remove the Barndioota site as a nominated site
SENATOR SCOTT LUDLAM

Doctor Spaceman posted:

https://twitter.com/SkyNewsAust/status/727438027039997953
Good.

Solemn Sloth posted:

They also kept the 20% funding cut to universities which was originally packaged with fee deregulation, so now instead of the costs of that being passed onto students, it is passed into the aether

Negligent posted:

Virginia owns a café in a busy shopping centre. She has thought about taking on another waiter but is concerned about introducing an unknown person into her well-functioning team.

Virginia hears about the new internship initiative and contacts her local jobactive provider to arrange a placement. She is introduced to Miles, who is a 19 year old job seeker who has been struggling with depression and has been in jobactive looking for work for seven months. He recently completed intensive employability skills training and feels more confident and prepared for the workforce.

Virginia and Miles agree to an internship placement of 20 hours per week for eight weeks. Virginia receives a $1,000 upfront payment when the internship placement commences, and Miles receives $200 fortnightly on top of his income support.

At the end of the eight weeks, Miles has gained valuable experience in the café. Virginia has been encouraged by how Miles has grown into the job and sees he's a good fit for her team.

Virginia hires Miles in an ongoing position and receives a weekly wage subsidy of $385 per week for the first six months of Miles' employment.

Endman posted:

Pope on point

Negligent posted:

Median and average are both perfectly fine measures of central tendency to support a statement that 80k is middle income

Anidav posted:

Looking at your posting, I'd vote for the gun.

Zenithe posted:

Doctor Spaceman posted:

https://twitter.com/srpeatling/status/729177015299932160

Negligent posted:

good career move Jack, a Bachelor of Attendance is a one way ticket to a job at McDonalds

Solemn Sloth posted:

http://www.roymorgan.com/findings/6188-roy-morgan-image-of-professions-2015-201504280343

Serrath posted:

Having seizures on a history of pre eclampsia is just eclampsia... Eclampsia is the condition you're trying to avoid when someone is diagnosed with pre eclampsia; it means the hypertension and vascular changes present in the placenta in pre eclampsia has caused a chain reaction that has resulted in cerebral oedema. The recognition of pre eclampsia and subsequent treatment to prevent the occurrence of eclampsia and other pre eclampsia complications is a major point of distinction between medical care provided first world and developing world hospitals and is profoundly rare in Australia, occurring less than once every 1,000 births. In Australia, only 6 women died of eclampsia between 2006 and 2010...

I cannot understate how preventable deaths from eclampsia are in a first world nation with a modern medical/hospital system.

CrazyTolradi posted:

Just dump the waste into the void inside Negligent's head.